Cargèse, France

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Cargese. Photo: Rotavdrag, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Cargèse

Cargèse is a town in Corse-du-Sud, France. From Cargèse you can reach 3 surf spots and 1 dive site. The nearest is Cargese, a surf spot 1 km from the centre. Overture lists 25 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is AJA, 29 km away.

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Staying in Cargèse

  • 25 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: AJA, 29 km, CLY, 47 km, FSC, 82 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Cargèse.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Cargèse each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Cargèse too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Surf spots within 20 km of Cargèse: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Arone7.6 kmabout 15 min by carIntermediate and up2 ft13 kJwind from the north, 6 knots2 ft32 kJwind from the east, 7 knots, offshore4 ft158 kJwind from the west-south-west, 15 knots7 ft463 kJwind from the west, 12 knots2 ft11 kJwind from the south-east, 12 knots1 ft18 kJwind from the west-north-west, 21 knots3 ft102 kJwind from the west-north-west, 12 knots
All readings for Arone: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Arone, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct18, too small2 ft5 shollow13kJwind from the north, 6 knots24°C
Tue 20Oct26, too small2 ft6 shollow32kJwind from the east, 7 knots, offshore25°C
Wed 21Oct14, poor4 ft7 smushy158kJwind from the west-south-west, 15 knots19°C
Thu 22Oct0, too big7 ft7 smushy463kJwind from the west, 12 knots19°C
Fri 23Oct17, too small2 ft4 shollow11kJwind from the south-east, 12 knots20°C
Sat 24Oct2, too small1 ft8 smushy18kJwind from the west-north-west, 21 knots19°C
Sun 25Oct24, poor3 ft7 smushy102kJwind from the west-north-west, 12 knots19°C
Cargese1 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up2 ft11 kJwind from the east, 1 knot, offshore2 ft29 kJwind from the east-south-east, 9 knots4 ft136 kJwind from the west, 17 knots7 ft428 kJwind from the west, 14 knots2 ft12 kJwind from the south, 10 knots1 ft13 kJwind from the west-north-west, 24 knots4 ft121 kJwind from the west-north-west, 16 knots
All readings for Cargese: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Cargese, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct17, too small2 ft5 shollow11kJwind from the east, 1 knot, offshore24°C
Tue 20Oct21, too small2 ft6 shollow29kJwind from the east-south-east, 9 knots25°C
Wed 21Oct11, poor4 ft7 smushy136kJwind from the west, 17 knots19°C
Thu 22Oct0, too big7 ft7 smushy428kJwind from the west, 14 knots19°C
Fri 23Oct13, too small2 ft4 shollow12kJwind from the south, 10 knots20°C
Sat 24Oct2, too small1 ft8 smushy13kJwind from the west-north-west, 24 knots19°C
Sun 25Oct14, poor4 ft6 smushy121kJwind from the west-north-west, 16 knots20°C
Sagone8.7 kmabout 15 min by carStays in SagoneNeeds 4 ft+2 ft11 kJwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots2 ft18 kJwind from the east, 7 knots4 ft90 kJwind from the west-south-west, 9 knots8 ft453 kJwind from the west, 9 knots2 ft11 kJwind from the south-east, 6 knots3 ft70 kJwind from the north-west, 14 knots6 ft213 kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots
All readings for Sagone: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sagone, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct9, too small2 ft5 smushy11kJwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots25°C
Tue 20Oct10, too small2 ft6 shollow18kJwind from the east, 7 knots26°C
Wed 21Oct7, too small4 ft6 smushy90kJwind from the west-south-west, 9 knots18°C
Thu 22Oct0, too big8 ft7 smushy453kJwind from the west, 9 knots18°C
Fri 23Oct11, too small2 ft4 smushy11kJwind from the south-east, 6 knots20°C
Sat 24Oct11, too small3 ft7 smushy70kJwind from the north-west, 14 knots17°C
Sun 25Oct9, poor6 ft6 smushy213kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots17°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Cargèse, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Dive near Cargèse

Places to eat near Cargèse

  • Épicerie LecaFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
  • U RasaghiuFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
  • AM PizzaPizza · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Le 20130French · 0.3 km from the centre
  • MaremmieseItalian · 0.3 km from the centre
  • Restaurant Le Saint JeanFrench · 0.3 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits